Improved bed-bottom



JOSEPH SPERRY, O'F CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

Letters .Patent No. 101,326, datedMafrch'29, 187i).

IMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it mag/.concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH SPEnaY,ofCharleston, inthe county of Coles and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bed-Bottoms; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, vand exact description thereof, whichwill cnable others kskilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being `had to the accompanying drawings forming partof .thisspecification. I

Ihis invention relates to a new and usefulimprovement in bed-bottoms,whereby they are made more durable and useful than slat bed-bottoms havehitherto been and v It consist-s in a double slatbottom, made withoutmetallic or rubber springs, and entirely of wood, save the necessaryscrews for fastening the parts together, as will be hereinafter morefully described In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a top or planView. v

Figure 2 is a vertical section of fig. 1, on the line :v z.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the bedstead.

B represents the lower series of slats, which are placed longitudinallywith the bedstead.

C is the upper series, which are placed at right angles with B.

The slats B are placed very near eachother, just space enough being leftbetween them to allow them to' play freely up and down.

These slats are fastened at their ends to transverse slats D, which reston other transversev slats, E. The latter slats are supported by thecleats F on the sides of the bedstead, as seen in the drawing.

The transverse series of slats Gis fastened to the longitudinal slats G,and then thetwo series of slats B and O are fastened together by screws,or in any suitable manner. l v

The upper series of slats may be removed, if a greater degree ofelasticity is required than is afforded by the two series combined.

By this construction of a bed-b0ttorn,itwil1 be seen that no metallic orrubber springs are required. It

may be made by any one acquainted with the use of the simplest tools. Itis readily removed for washing or airing, and is highly elastic and verydurable.

Having thus described my invention, 4

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationofthe series of slats B and G, each coustructedand arranged in abedstead, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH SPERRY.

Witnesses:

A. P. DUNBAR, W. S. MINTIN.

